It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called upon a tribe of the Arabs to go out on a military expedition, but they were sluggish. Then this verse was revealed: "If you do not go forth (for jihad), He will punish you with a painful punishment" [Surah al-Tawbah: 39] . Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Their punishment was that rain was withheld from them. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Harith bin Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on one of his military expeditions when he passed by the tribe of Muzaynah. A slave belonging to one of their women followed him. When, along the way, he greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Are you so-and-so?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What do you intend?" He said: "I want to wage jihad with you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Has your mistress given you permission?" He said: "No." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back to her, for if you die before returning to her, your example will be that of a slave who does not pray. And convey my salam to her." So he went back and informed his mistress. She asked: "By Allah, did he himself (peace and blessings be upon him) order you to convey salam to me?" He said: "Yes." She said: "Now go back and wage jihad with him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every sin of the martyr is forgiven except debt." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sahl bin Abi Umamah narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him)), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As soon as the first drop of the martyr's blood falls, his sins are forgiven."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever meets the enemy and stands firm with patience until he is martyred or prevails will not be put to trial in his grave." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the people returned from the fighting, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) searched for Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him). A man said: "I saw him near those trees, and he was saying: 'I am the lion of Allah and of His Messenger. O Allah, I declare myself innocent before You of the evil that these (Abu Sufyan and his companions) have brought, and I apologise to You for the cowardice (defeat) of these (Muslims).'" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his side, he wept, and when he saw the mutilation (muthlah) that had been done to his body, he (peace and blessings be upon him) sobbed. Then he said: "Is there no shroud for him?" A man from the Ansar threw one of his sheets over him, then another man from the Ansar threw his sheet over him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Jabir, this cloth is for your father (Abdullah bin Haram), and this one is for my uncle Hamzah." Then Sayyiduna Hamzah was brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed his funeral prayer. Then the other martyrs would be brought and placed beside Hamzah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray over them all; then those martyrs would be lifted away while Hamzah remained there, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) had performed the funeral prayer over all the martyrs (together with Hamzah). Jabir says: I returned with a very heavy heart, because my father had left debts and dependants upon me. When night came, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for me and said: "O Jabir, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has brought your father to life and spoken to him directly." I asked: "Did He really speak to him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah said to him: '(O My servant,) make a wish.' He said: 'My wish is that You return my soul to me, recreate my body as it was, and send me back to Your Prophet, so that I may fight in Your cause and be martyred once again.' Allah said: 'I have decreed that they will not return (to the world).'" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the leader of the martyrs in the sight of Allah will be Hamzah." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was shrouded in a small striped sheet (namirah). The sheet was so small that when they drew it over his head, his feet were uncovered, and when they drew it over his feet, his head was uncovered. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that they draw the sheet towards his head and put idhkhir (grass) over his feet. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not that I feared Safiyyah (Hamzah's sister) would be grief-stricken, I would have left Hamzah (on the field itself) and not buried him, so that Hamzah would be gathered (on the Day of Resurrection) from the bellies of the birds and beasts of prey." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out towards Ta'if and besieged them for seven or eight days. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) advanced in the morning or the evening, then halted and spent the midday there. Then he said: "O people, I am your forerunner (at the Pond), and I enjoin you to treat my family ('itrah, the People of the House) well. Your appointment with me is at the Pond (al-Kawthar). By the One in whose hand is my soul, you shall surely establish the prayer and pay the zakah, or else I will send against you a man who is from me (or he said: who is like my own self), who will strike the necks of their fighters and take their offspring captive." The narrator says: The people thought that he (peace and blessings be upon him) meant Abu Bakr or Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), but he (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of the hand of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "This is the man." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Najih al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We besieged the fortress of Ta'if, and I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever shoots an arrow in the cause of Allah will have a reward equal to freeing a slave, and whoever makes an arrow reach (the enemy) in the cause of Allah will have a rank in Paradise." So (that day) I made sixteen arrows reach (the enemy). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), because this Abu Najih is in fact Amr bin Abasah al-Sulami.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Ta'if on the occasion of the Battle of Hunayn. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached al-Ji'ranah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed silver among the people. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.